After being closed for renovations over the summer, the Detroit Film Theatre reopens Oct. 10-12 with the premiere of Jonathan Demme’s “A Master Builder,” an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s play about a manipulative architect (Wallace Shawn) whose health begins to falter. The movie reunites Shawn (who also wrote the screenplay) with his “My Dinner with Andre” partner Andre Gregory.

Other highlights this season include: “Diplomacy,” from director Volker Schlondorff (“The Tin Drum”), about Germany’s plans to reduce Paris to rubble before Allied troops march in at the end of World War II; a belated release of Eric Rohmer’s 1996 “A Summer’s Tale,” and “20,000 Days on Earth,” a documentary portrait of artist and musician Nick Cave.

On Nov. 28-30, the DFT hosts a seven-film program called “Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema,” featuring movies made 1957-1987 by directors like Krzysztof Kieslowski and Andrzej Wajda. The schedule ends Dec. 26 with “Antarctica: A Year on Ice,” which took 15 years to represent what the various seasons look like at the bottom of the world.

A complete schedule, including DFT 101 programs and silent classics with live musical accompaniment, will be available online Sept. 10. Detroit Film Theatre at the Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit. 313-833-4005. www.dia.org/dft.

‘Polyester’ makes stink at Cinema Detroit: John Waters never passes up an opportunity to offend. So when in 1981 he made his fourth film, “Polyester,” with cross-dressing Divine, he presented it in Odorama, which required viewers to rub scratch-and-sniff cards at certain points in the film. Smells in this typically lurid family melodrama included roses, pizza, model airplane glue and flatulence. The movie, a midnight hit when first released, will be shown with its gimmick intact starting Friday at Cinema Detroit, 3420 Cass Ave., Detroit. 313-281-8301. www.cinemadetroit.com. $8.

9/11 questions: “The Anatomy of a Great Deception” examines evidence behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks, specifically asking how World Trade Center Building 7 could fall when no plane crashed into it. With the help of actors Ed Asner and Omar Sharif, director David Hooper interviews engineers and architects to look for answers. Technical adviser Richard Gage introduces the 8 p.m. screening at The Fillmore Detroit, 2115 Woodward Ave., Detroit. 313-961-5451. $12 advance, $15 at the door.

Film challenge registration open: Online registration began earlier this week for the third annual Ypsi 24-Hour Film Shootout, in which local filmmakers throughout southeast Michigan work in teams to create a film over a single weekend. This year’s first prize is $1,000. The filmmaking occurs Sept. 27-28 with public screenings and awards presentations Oct. 3 in the Towsley Auditorium at Washtenaw Community College, 4800 E. Huron River Dr., Ann Arbor. Information at www.ypsi24.com.

Mitten Movie Project enters fall: “Mitten Movie Project,” the monthly compilation of short films, videos and trailers with Michigan connections, returns to the Main Art Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Titles include trailers for the documentaries “20 Years of Madness” and “Madman or Martyr” plus full-length works like “White Time,” “Till We’re Free” and another animated short from Electric Otto. Main Art Theatre, 118 N. Main St., Royal Oak. Info at www.facebook.com/mittenmovieproject. $8 advance, $10 at the door.